Word: romanism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Quarrels between old friends are the bitterest. Malta's people have always welcomed and admired the British. It was the Maltese who asked to be taken over by the Crown in the early 1800s, and every one of them, from the Roman Catholic Archbishop on down, now swears allegiance to the "Queen of Malta." For their part, the British have abundant fondness for the hardy, dark-skinned islanders who proved devoted allies through two world wars. Last week the friends were embroiled in an angry spat that threatens to end their long relationship...
Most U.S. Roman Catholics who went to parochial school learned the facts of their faith by memorizing them...
...Roman Catholics, abortion is a grave moral wrong. For a growing number of Protestants and Jews, it is an act that is justified under certain circumstances. Currently, the differences between these views are of more than academic interest. The introduction of several state abortion reform bills has caused a loud and bitter interfaith debate on the subject-and has indicated that even in an era of ecumenical good will, there remain profound disparities between Catholicism and other faiths on fundamental issues...
From the Beginning. Roman Catholic leaders are speaking out against the proposed laws with uncommon vigor and even bitterness. Catholic moral theologians point out that abortion and infanticide have been flatly condemned by the church since its earliest years. Today most Catholic scholars still agree that the fetus is a human life from the very instant of conception; to destroy it willfully, therefore, is to commit an act analogous to murder.* Denouncing the proposed Arizona reform, Tucson's Bishop Francis J. Green declared: "Traditionally, it has been the responsibility of the state to protect life. This law introduces...
...Roman Catholic education in the U.S. was in the midst of a full-fledged upheaval last week. College after college an- nounced that it was opening up its board of trustees to laymen. Jesuit-run St. Louis University, up to now governed by 13 priests of the order, said that it will shift to a board on which laymen will have an 18 to 10 majority. Father Paul C. Reinert will step aside as board chairman-to be replaced by Daniel L. Schlafly, a layman. Chicago's Loyola University said that for the first time in its 97-year...